Succotash Shut-In

Succotash Epi55: Noshin' With Andy Kindler

Succotash, the Comedy Soundcast Soundcast, was launched in 2011 with the idea of promoting comedy soundcasts in what was then a marketplace still trying to find its way. By featuring short clips of shows being produced by funny folks both known and unknown, we like to feel that we maybe had a little tiny, eeny weeny, itsy bitsy bit to do with helping to ignite the torch of soundcasts across the globe! (But then we've always had a rather high opinion of ourselves...)

Original show host and executive producer Marc Hershon, along with booth announcer Bill Heywatt, engineer/producer Joe Paulino, associate producer Tyson Saner, musical director Scott Carvey, and booth assistant Kenny Durgis have kept the flame alive o'er these many years. In 2018, Hershon abandoned the host chair and anointed Saner to the position, with nary a notice from the legions of listeners. Typical.

This
is the two-year-iversary month for Succotash! Two whole
years. I didn't know it would last this long but then, I didn't
know that it wouldn't last this long. If you've been
listening the whole time I can't thank you enough. And if you've
picked us up somewhere along the way, I thank you as
well.

Epi55
is not a big clip show - we've only got four snippets from comedy
podcasts - but that's because the majority of the show is my
interview with the poster boy for alt comedy Andy Kindler. I
would have really enjoyed settling in for a quiet, contemplative,
in-depth one-on-one with Andy, but podcasters can't be choosers.
Instead, I got a rollicking chatfest over a late night meal at
D'Angelo's Italian restaurant, the usual hang for comedians
following the Mark Pitta & Friends show at the 142
Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, California.

And it
wasn't just Andy and me. We were joined by Mark Pitta,
Larry "Bubbles" Brown, and Bob Rubin, all of whom
would randomly come and go at our table, cracking wise and telling
stories as the occasion warranted. In between, Andy answered a few
of my questions, none of which really got into his background so if
you're unfamiliar with Andy or why he's regarded so highly among
comedians, you may not understand why the flock of comics around
our table were drawn there like moths to a flame. We do get into
some of Andy's thinking about comedy itself and a bit of his
history. So it's safe to say there's something for everyone in
here.

THE
SORT-OF-COUNTDOWN

Having
abandoned my countdown of Stitcher's Top 10 Comedy Podcasts because
the top shows rarely change position, here's this week'sThe 10 Most Active in the Stitcher
Top 100 Comedy Podcast List*:

*The number on the left is the show's ranking in the Top
100. The number on the right are the number of
places, up or down, the show moved this last week in ALL of
Stitcher's rankings for comedy podcasts.

KICKSTARTING

A new campaign over on
Kickstarter.com that caught my eye is
That's Not
Funny, a
documentary by filmmaker Mike Celestino. He's
talked to some comedians (and wants to talk to a lot more) about
subject matter in comedy that rubs
some people the wrong way, and why. Succotash
kicked him 50 bucks but he's trying to raise $50 THOUSAND to
complete the project. (He's already got
interviews in the can with funny folks such as
Emery Emery, Jackie Kashian, Kyle Kinane,
Greg Proops, and Paul Provenza. As of this
posting, he's got 30+ days to go but that's going to run out quick.
I'll have him on for a quick chat about the film in Epi56 but, in
the meantime, click the link or hop over to
http://hersh.co/16ntubA and see if you can't help
him
out.

BURST
O'
DURST

Our regular
check-in by Will
Durst has our favorite raging moderate peering over at the
US Supreme Court's reason tussle over the marriage
equality
issue.

CLIPS

The Rob & Joe
Show
We've featured snippet fromRob Maher
& Joe Robinson's podcast before. This time it's an indelicate peek into Joe's sexual past.
It's not exactly tasteful but, if you're looking for
that, there's still terrestrial radio out there for
you…

The Random
Variety Show
PodcastAnother
return visitor this episode isCharley
Miller and his Random Variety
Show. The chunk Charley sent us is a
story he created with the help of sentences sent in
by listeners.(BTW, I'm slated to be a guest on the RVS podcast
sometime this month - I'll give you a heads up and a link when it
happens!)

Todd N’ Tyler Radio
EmpireThe Todd N’ Tyler Radio
Empire has been cranking on air since 1993 out of KEZO in
Omaha, Nebraska. They’re syndicated on a number of stations, on the
internet and their show has – as so many other radio shows have –
become podcastted. Even with all that coverage, I am embarrassed to
say I have never heard of Todd Brandt and Mike Tyler
until I read last episode’s The 10 Most Active in the Stitcher
Top 100 Comedy Podcast List. That’s when T-N-T rocketed into
the Top 100, landing at #73 and climbing an incredible 306 places
in one week. So I just HAD to clip 'em…

The Q
ShowMark
Bland sent us a sample of The Q Show which originates
from St. Louis, Missouri. The description off the homesite tells us
that the show is about "everything and
is liberal/moderate radio for people with a brain!" Check out our sample tidbit and see if you
qualify.

That's what we've
got for you this time around. I'm off on a road trip this week with
Dana Carvey and Larry "Bubbles"
Brown, during which time we are going to
attempt to record enough material for one and maybe even two upcoming
episodes. THAT should make it worth passing the Succotash,
right?